Improvement in looms for weaving fringe



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BALTHAZARD ORMERIEUX, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO F. ODEN HORSTMANN, SAMUEL GLARKSEN, WILLIAM P. ELLISON, AND WALKER HORSTMANN, TRUSTEES, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING FRINGE.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,130, dated September 30, 1879 application filed December 3, 1878.

To all whom lit may concern:

Be it known that I, BALTHAZARD GRM- RIEUX, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., have invented a new and useful Improvement in Looms for Weaving Fringe, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a loom for rapidly and cheaply weaving a fringe with corded heading and with pendent cords of different colors; and this object I attain in the following manner, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a longitudinal section of the loom, with all the mere driving parts :tice the workin gparts shown in'the drawings are duplicated to the extent demanded by the number of pieces of fringe which the loom is intended to produce, the parts being arranged side by side in a single frame.

B B are two harness-frames, which are lraised and lowered by means of levers at the top of the loom, and D is an ordinaryT swing- .ing lay, carrying a reed, O.

The warp a is drawn from the reel b at the back of the loom, and passes over a pulley, d, and under a roller, e, the warp being also acted upon by a suitable tension-weight, f.

To bearings at the rear of the frame is adapted a longitudinal shaft, E, which carries a frame, F, the latter having bearings for a number of bobbins, g, each of which carries yarn of a color different from that car ried by the others. As many of these bobbins are employed in practice as the character of the fringe tovbe produced may suggest.

Each bobbin is acted upon by a suitable brake,

so that a proper tension is imparted to the threads as they are drawn off the bobbins.

From the bobbins g the threads x pass throughv rings i, secured to the ends of springs j, the threads passing thence through openings in the ends of plates m, projecting from the end of the frame F. From these openings the threads a: are carried through openings in a collar, a, secured to the shaft E, and thence, after passing through openings in a plate, p, at the outer end of the shaft E, the threads extend to the woven portion of the fringe, where the latter passes over a roller, q, hung to bearings on the breast-beam P.

The rotation of the sha-ft E and frame F is effected by means of a hook, I, pivoted to a reciprocating bar, J, said hook acting upon projections s, formed on or secured to one end of the frame F. These projections are so arranged that a partial revolution of the frame will be effected upon each reciprocation of the bar J, the frame being locked in position between its movements by a spring-plate, t.

The bar J is guided in suitable bearings, and the outer end of said bar is connected by means of a link, h, to one arm of a bell-,crank lever, M, said lever being pivoted to a lug on the side frame A', and having its other arm connected, by means of links 7c 7c, to a pivoted arm, K, which is acted upon by a projection carried by an arm 'on a shaft, N, Fig. 2, the partial vibration of which shaft at intervals is effected by means of devices described hereinafter.

To the breast-beam P is secured a frame, Q, and in the projecting end of the latter is formed a bearing for a shaft, u, one end of which carries'a hook, n, and the other end a pulley, c1, round which passes a belt from a pulley on a shaft, c2, at the top of the loom, this shaft being rotated during the operation of the loom.

Movement of the shaft u is controlled by means of a spring-pawl, a', which acts on a notched disk secured to the shaft, and is op erated by mechanism hereinafter set forth.

A stud, T, projects from the breast-beam P, and to this stud is pivoted an arm, S, the

outer end of which carries a pivoted finger, w, Fig. 7, weighted at thc rear end, so as to elevate the front end of the finger, the latter thus forming, with the front end of the arm S, a jaw, which is inline with the upper thread :v of the carrier E, when the latter is turned to the position shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6.

A vibrating movement is imparted to the arm S at the proper intervals, as described hereinafter.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The arm S being retracted, as shown in Fig. 4, the thread-carrier E is moved to the position Fig. 3, so as to bring one of the threads :c uppermost. The arm S is then moved forward in the direction of the arrow, so that the nger w strikes the uppermost thread This causes the depression of the front end of the finger, so as to confine the thread, which is then carried forward by the end of the arm and looped around the hook r, as shown in Fig. 5. The arm S is then moved backward, the linger w opening as soon as the strain of the thread on the same is removed, so that it has no backward draw on said thread.

When the arm reaches the position shown in Fig. 6, the lay D lnoves forward and the reed C beats up the looped thread Jr, after which the lay swings back and the harnessframes B B' are operated, so as to change the shed, and thereby bind the looped thread .rin place. The shaft uis then permitted to rotate, so as to impart the proper twist to the looped thread r, and the thread-carrier E is then partially rotated, so as to bring a thread, w, of another color uppermost and into line .with the end of the arm S, so that on the next forward movement of said arm the new thread will be looped on the hook v, the twisted thread having been removed therefrom by a knockoff bar, described hereinafter.

The rotary movement of the thread-carrier causes such a twisting of the threads .r as to produce the desired corded heading on the fringe.

The object of providing the arm S with a finger, u, is to prevent the arm from catching such of the warp-threads a as are not fully raised or lowered in thrilling the shed, the incline formed by the front end of the linger and arm being such as to either elevate or depress such of the warps a as may be in the path of the arm.

By the above means I am enabled to produce rapidly and cheaply fringe having a corded heading and pendent cords of different colors.

If it is not desired that the pendent cords should be twisted, the devices for rotating the hook e may be dispensed with.

The different parts of the above machine are operated from shafts 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the shaft N, in the following manner:

The shaft 1 receives power from any adjacent source, and transmits it tothe shaft 2 by means of cog-wheels 5 and 6.

The shaft 2 operates'the vibrating arm S by means of the cam 7, swinging arm 8, connecting-rod 9, and rock-shaft 10. The shaft 2 also carries two cams, 11, one of which operates the knocking-olf bar z through the medium of the lever 12, rod 13, and bell-crank 14. The other cam operates, through the medium of a lever, 15, a lift-bar, 16, which controls the pawl u', and thus governs the periods of stoppage and rotation of the pin-shaft u.

The shaft 3 receives its motion from the shaft 2, through the medium of the cog 6 and a cog, 17, and the movement of the shaft 3 is transmitted to the shaft 'v2 through the medium of a belt, 18, and pulleys 30 3].

The shaft 4 is geared to the shaft 2, and carries two cams, which operate levers 19 20,con nected by straps 21 to the heddle-operating levers at the top of the loom. l

The shaft N is vibrated by a cam, 22, on the shaft 2, through the medium of a rod, 23, and said shaft N carries a cam, 24., which acts on the lever K.

Connected to the rod 23 also is a pawl, 25, which acts on a ratchet, 26, the motion imparted to which is transferred by suitable gearing to a system of drawingrolls,by which the finished fringe is conveyed from the point of manufacture to the trough 27.

The lay is operated by means of an arm,32, on the shaft N, through the medium of a connecting-rod, 33.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination,inafringe-weavingloom, of harness mechanism for operating the binding-warp, a reed, C, a retaining pin or hook,v, a movable thread-carrier, a vibrating arm, S, for catching a thread and applying it directly to the hook, and means for operating said arm, as set forth.

2. The combination of the movable threadcarrier, the shaft u, having a pin, fv, the horizont-al arm S, having a weighted finger, w, pivoted to said arm, and arranged at right anglesin respect thereto, and mechanism for operating said parts, as set forth.

ln testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BALTHAZARD GRMERIEUX.

Witnesses ALEX. PATTERSON, HARRY SMITH. 

